1) Mt. 1:1 – READ
2) Can we agree that the three men in this verse really lived?
3) Mt. 1:18-23 – READ
4) Based on what was just read, would we agree that Jesus was “born of a virgin”? Yes.
a) Would we further agree that Jesus came into this world to save people from their “sins” (verse 21)? Yes.
b) Would we say Jesus was a way of saying “God with us” (verse 23)? Yes.
5) If we just look at the first chapter of the NT we find many things upon which people can agree.
6) Jn. 3:16.
7) In Jn. 14:6.
8) There are five things in this verse. Can we all agree on each point?
DIGGING DEEPER.
a) In Mt. 12:30 the Lord said “He that is not with me is against me.”
b) Does this passage mention two different groups of people? Yes.
c) If there are two groups of people, how does God determine which person belongs to which group?
2) Heb. 5:9 – God is the “author of salvation to those who obey Him.”
3) Like the other verses studied thus far, w/ does this passage mean? Can we understand this text in the same way?
4) Heb. 11:6 says “without faith” (belief) we cannot please God.
5) Does Heb. 11:6 say “faith” or does it say “faith alone”?
a) In Lk. 13:3 Jesus said people will “perish” unless they repent.
b) How do we understand Jesus’ statement: “repent or perish”?
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7) In addition to faith and repentance, let’s see if we can agree on the word “confession.”
8) READ Mt. 10:32-33.
9) It is often thought that baptism is too complicated to agree on, so let’s test this idea.
10) In Mk. 16:16 – How should we understand this statement?
11) Would we say “he that does not believe and is baptized shall be saved”?
12) Would we say “he that believes and is NOT baptized shall be saved”?
13) 1 Pet. 3:21 says, “baptism now saves you.”
a) How should we understand the words “baptism saves you”?
b) Does “baptism now saves you” mean: Baptism now saves you or Baptism does not save you?
14) Acts 22:16 uses the word baptism and then talks about the “washing away of sins.”
15) How do we explain these words: “arise, be baptized, wash away thy sins, calling on his name?”
GOING EVEN FURTHER.
1) Jn. 4:24 – READ
2) Can we agree on the idea that God has put some rules in place regarding worship?
3) We know the word “must” in Jn. 4:24; what does this term mean? Does “must” mean “must”?
a) Jn. 17:17 says God’s word is “truth.”
b) Can we agree that God’s word is truth and we are to use this truth for things like worship? Yes.
4) Eph. 5:19. Can we not agree on what this says, plus the other things in the New Testament?
